MELBOURNE – Amnesty International releases survey showing that most Australians would welcome refugees, calls on federal government to reconsider its current harsh intake policy.

CHINA

BEIJING - Ministry of National Defense says Chinese jets’ reported interception of American reconnaissance aircraft over South China Sea “is probably concerning the close-in reconnaissance by U.S. military aircraft against China."​ ​

BEIJING – More than 45,000 people affected by twin quakes that damaged 38,000 houses in southwest.